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Winter weather changes weekend plans

Groups across our area are changing their plans after winter weather hits in May.

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Updated: 10:23 PM CDT May 3, 2013

Winter weather changes weekend plans

Groups across our area are changing their plans after winter weather hits in May.

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Updated: 10:23 PM CDT May 3, 2013

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WEBVTT A CHANGE IN PLANS. SOME EVENTS ARE BEING CANCELED OR MOVED. 4029S JAY PLYBURN CONTINUES LIVE LOCAL TEAM COVERAGE. ARTOSPHERE GETS UNDERWAY HERE TOMORROW MORNING BUT OTHER EVENTS ARE GETTING SCRAPPED BECAUSE OF THE COLD. FIRS FRIDAY IN BENTONVILLE WAS CALLED OFF. ANDY GREEN WITH DOWNTOWN BENTONVILLE INC. SAYS SOME OF THE EXPENSES WERE PAID UPFRONT, AND NOW THEY'VE LOST SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. OTHER EVENT ORGANIZERS SAY THEY MAY FARE A LITTLE BETTER. Beth Bobbitt - Walton Arts Center: 4:03 It's unprecedented. Obviously we weren't prepared for this, but we're gonna make it work. BETH BOBBITT, WITH THE WALTON ARTS CENTER, SAYS MANY CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS YEAR'S ARTOSPHEREINCLUDI NG SATURDAYS TRAIL MIX CONCERT TOUR, WHICH WILL NOW TAKE PLACE INSIDE THE WALTON ARTS CENTER. THANKFULLY, THEY'RE NOT LOSING MUCH MONEY. Beth Bobbitt - Walton Arts Center: 1:27 For us it's a little bit unique because Artosphere is an arts and nature festival. The whole concept is that everything is free or low cost. So from that perspective we're not losing any ticket revenue. Doug Allen - Springfest Director: 00:43 The weather absolutely changed it all. You wake up with snow on the ground in May, and it looks like the forecast is pretty rough for tomorrow. DOUG ALLEN, THE DIRECTOR OF SPRINGFEST, DOESN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF MOVING HIS EVENT INSIDE. IT WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ALONG DICKSON STREET TOMORROW, BUT MOTHER NATURE HAD OTHER PLANS. Doug Allen - Springfest Director: 00:51 Springfest is supposed to be Springfest, not Winterfest, so we want people out there in shorts and sandals having a good time in the sun, so we felt like the best thing for us to do was to postpone the event. LIKE BOBBITT, ALLEN IS NOT OUT MUCH MONEYTHANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OTHERS. Doug Allen - Springfest Director: 1:55 We had a lot of volunteers and contributions and stuff like that. A lot of people are just gonna forward that onto our next date. So we're very lucky. ALLEN SAYS SPRINGFEST WILL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR.HE'S NOT SURE WHEN YET. IF YOU HAVE TICKETS TO SEE "OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW" AT THE AMP TOMORROW WILL HAVE TO WAIT. IT'S BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 23RDALSO BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. FOAM FEST ON THE OTHER HAND, WILL GO ON AS PLANNED HERE IN FAYETTEVILLE TOMORROW EVENING. LIVE TONIGHT, JAY PLYBURN, 4029 NEWS. OPENING NIGHT OF THE PASSION PLAY IN EUREKA SPRINGS WAS CANCELLED TONIGHT. TOMORROW WILL NOW BE THEIR OPENING NIGHT.

Winter weather changes weekend plans

Groups across our area are changing their plans after winter weather hits in May.